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Well, finally with Brit in overhaul, some new rolling stock is being made as well (and repairing some old!) I had finally fixed the second "replica" wagon from the "original" D&FGR yesterday, and this happened





And before you ask, no this isn't staged, these pics are as they were found when i *eventually* stopped Pheonix from rolling! So this is back into the workshop! But, there is light at the end of the tunnel, as when i was at Quirks and Curiousities, i got these!





I now need to just paint them to carry on, which is a pain cause i don't have any! But i have to say they are really nice kits to make, and i do recomend them!
(Yes, they were taken on top of a maths past paper!)

oooooooooooo errrrrrrrrrrrr nasty accident there
Nice kits. IP?

90733 wrote:oooooooooooo errrrrrrrrrrrr nasty accident there  :shock:
Nice kits. IP?

The glue on the axlebox failed, you can see it in the top picture by the other wagon!

Yeah, both from IP 4 Plank Wagon and the Penrhyn Open Coach

DolwyddelanLightRail wrote:

90733 wrote:oooooooooooo errrrrrrrrrrrr nasty accident there  :shock:
Nice kits. IP?

The glue on the axlebox failed, you can see it in the top picture by the other wagon!

Yeah, both from IP 4 Plank Wagon and the Penrhyn Open Coach

ow ye, just seen that. It's easily fixible though? (well i'm taking it is)
The IP kits are good aren't they

90733 wrote:

DolwyddelanLightRail wrote:

90733 wrote:oooooooooooo errrrrrrrrrrrr nasty accident there  :shock:
Nice kits. IP?

The glue on the axlebox failed, you can see it in the top picture by the other wagon!

Yeah, both from IP 4 Plank Wagon and the Penrhyn Open Coach

ow ye, just seen that. It's easily fixible though? (well i'm taking it is)
The IP kits are good aren't they

The plastic itself it very firm, shame the glue failed, as i lost all but one of the placers to hold the wheelset in the bearing, so i need to find a way round that at some point!

I love the IP kits, it toom me between 3-4 hours to get them to that stage! and i really enjoyed it!

Shame to hear about your little accident,

The Penrhyn Coach and the Wagon look excellent really thinking about getting one of those coaches now, just havent got alot of money at the moment

Tom

The wagon and coach look excellent!

What Livery do you guys think I should have the carrige in, as i really am stuck! I'm not sure on what colours to use at all and I'm getting all the paints within the next few days

Purply pinky for the penryn like this..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/adneish/45 ... 930898172/

Like zonk.

Nice set of photo's there M - I - E! Thanks for sharing

i agree with the purpley pink colour for the penrhyn coach. They look great in that colour, and authentic.

Narrow Minded wrote:Nice set of photo's there M - I - E! Thanks for sharing

Sadly not mine.. all credit must go to the gentleman who keeps the Guildford Model Engineers site uptogether.

I teaked mine with olive seats. Thus it fits in with the new carriages and with the old. They looks nice in teak but what ever suits you. You will also have to consider a consistent livery to go with your two other carriages....

I say paint them whatever colour you want, surely there must be a livery out there that you think you would want your coaches to be in. Of course you could go for the Welsh Highland in the 1930's look and paint them all different colours...

Hmmmm, i would use the original colours in the pics, but i don't think they'll go well on the other 2

I keep on thinking about putting them in a Cream and Olive livery, simular to yours Laalratty but then again there are probably quite a few railways out there with the same livery as well I'll just see what takes my eye!

Like me, my old carriages are olive and cream. I want to fund a "nuttier" olive though. I think they are very attractive little carriages in a train of three. Also consider what you think looks good with your locomotives. Brown and cream is a fairly safe bet. Incidentally the red/green carriage was a post office carriage but became the skeleton for my MOTY carriage!

I can sympathise with your problem over choosing a "corporate image"

You're either lucky enough to know exactly what you want or you struggle to pick something that you're gonna have to live with. (Or face the ache of repainting - I should have listed that one under my "Garden Railway Dislikes"!)

Don't ask me how I know

See now, just running freight makes life so much easier... grey primer rattlecan or red oxide primer rattlecan? *flips coin*...  :lol:

Maybe I'm just unimaginative.

Best thing I can suggesting is finding a railway book and flicking through 'till something takes your fancy. It sounds like you want to be a bit different, the trouble is the popular choices are so popular because they look the best!

I remember the Teifi Valley having a few sky blue and clotted cream yellow liveried coaches years ago, which ran mixed in with the standard chocolate and cream ones and looked absolutely awful!

Best thing I can suggesting is finding a railway book and flicking through 'till something takes your fancy.

Then, stop looking, close the book, start painting.
If you don't, you will see something else that you like and the whole thing just goes round and round!

(Again, don't ask )

Seriously, red oxide primer is the way forwards- cheap, easy, hides mistakes well...

Not sure it'd work well on an open coach though